Buggy-shaft support



w. A. GRAY BEAL.

BUGGY SHAFT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1919.

1,307,252. Patented June 17, 1919,

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WINFIELD A. GRAYBEAL, OF LANSING, NORTH CAROLINA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 17, 1919.

Application filed March 22, 1919. Serial No. 284,353.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVINFIELD A. GRAY- useful Improvements in Buggy-Shaft Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for holding buggy shafts or thills in elevated position clear of the ground when the buggy is i not in use, and its object is to provide a very simple and highly efiicient device of I this kind which can be easily attached to" any ordinary buggy, and which has a wide range of adjustment for the purpose of adapting; it to various positions.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination and arrangement of parts and in order that the same may be better understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the application of the invention, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged cross-section on. the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes the floor, and 6 one of the sides of a buggy body. Beneath the floor are located the usual sills, the one adjacent to one side of the body being shown at 7. As usual, the sill is provided on the bottom with a metal brace bar 8. These parts are all arranged and constructed in the ordinary manner and as nothing is claimed with respect thereto, a further description thereof is not deemed necessary. The buggy shaft or thill is shown at 9, the same being provided with the usual cross piece 10.

Beneath the floor 5 of the buggy body is mounted a supporting member for a shaft holder, the latter being a rodwhieh is composed of two sections 11 and 12, telescopically connected for longitudinal adjustment. The section 11 is tubular and receives the section 12 at a sliding fit, and for holding the latter in adjusted position, a set screw 13 is provided, the latter being threaded through a collar or enlargement at the outer end of the section 11, to engage the section 12. The outer end of the section 12 has a hook 14 engageable with an eye 15 on the cross piece 10.

The siasporting member for the shaft holder hereinbefore described comprises a base plate 16 from which depends a bearing lug 17 connected by a web 18 to a second lug 19. These two lugs have alined apertures to loosely receive the laterally extending inner end or crank bend 20 of the rod section 11,

' this portion of the rod. section being solid. The part 20 is slidable and rotatable in the apertures of the lugs 17 and 19, and to prevent accidental withdrawal, its extremity is fitted with ail-abutment 21 which may be a" nut screwed thereon.

The supporting member hereinbefore described can be conveniently secured'under thebllggy body by prying the brace 8 downward and inserting the base plate 16 between the same and the sill 7 as shown in Fig. 2; or the nuts on the bolts which fasten the brace 8 can be slacked to allow the brace to drop, down sufficiently for insertion of the base plate 16. It will be understood, of course, that any other method may be employed for attaching the base plate 16, this depending on the particular buggy structure, the base plate being suitably apertured for screws or bolts where necessary.

In operation, the crank bend 20 is moved outwardly to bring the rod sections 11 and 12 clear of the buggy side, and said sections are also adjusted as to length, so that the hook 141.- may be inserted into the eye 15 when the buggy shafts are elevated, as shown in Fig. 1. The shafts are now securely held elevated clear of the ground, and to lower the same it is necessary only to disengage the hook 141 from the eye 15. Through the lug 17 is threaded a set screw 22 engageable with the crank bend 20 for locking the latter to maintain the angular adjustment of the rod sections 11 and 12. When the device is not in use, the rod sections 11 and 12 can be swung back as shown dotted in Fig. 1 and held up close to the bu bottom by a hook 23 on the sill 7. Before this can be done, the set screw 22 must be backed to release the crank bend 20, which latter can now turn to allow the rearward swing of the rod sections, and as the crank bend is also slidable in the apertures of the lugs 17 and 1.), it can be moved inwardly as shown dotted in Fig. 2 to bring the rod sections close to the side or beneath the buggy body, so as to be completely out of the way. The longitudinal adjustment of the crank bend also permits the rod sections to be xtended outward strain the side the he body the proper distance to engage the hook 14 with the eye 15 on the cross piece 10 of the shafts 8. This adjustment adapts the device to various styles and designs of buggies, and after it is mounted in place, its proper functioning is assured. The device is also simple and inexpensive and it can be readily applied to the buggy.

W'hile the device is designed primarily for holding up buggy shafts when the buggy is not in use, to prevent stock from trampling on the shafts and breaking the same, it can also be used for holding up the shafts while hitching the horse, the animal being led under the elevated shafts, and after being properly positioned the shafts may be released and lowered.

The set screw 22 is also employed to lock the crank bend 20, when the device is not in use, to prevent rattling While the buggy is being driven.

2. A shaft support comprising a rod having shaft holding means at one end and a crank bend at the other end, a bearing in which the crank bend is rotatably and slidably mounted, and means for locking the crank bend in the bearing.

3. A shaft support comprising a rod having shaft holding means at one end and a crank bend at the other end, said rod being composed of slidably connected sections for longitudinal adjustment, and a bearing in which the crank bend is rotatably and slidably mounted.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature.

\VINFIELD A. GRAYBEAL.

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Washington, D. G. 

